HCM City's consumer price index (CPI) this month increased by 0.18 percent over last month, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

Vietnamese Minister Counsellor Lai Xuan Chien in Cambodia on October 21 handed over 100,000 USD as relief aid to help Cambodian people overcome the aftermath of recent floods.

The Party, State and people of Vietnam are grateful to heroes and soldiers who used to steer unnumbered ships on the “Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail”, said State President Truong Tan Sang.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on Oct. 20 received head of the International Peace Foundation Uwe Morawetz, who is in Vietnam to prepare for the programme "Bridges – Dialogues toward a culture of peace".

According to investigation of Hanoi police agency, recent bankrupt cases worth millions of USD in Hanoi are related to the stock and estate markets.